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  lin-manuel miranda scares me my final paper for an MIT class about musicals!

  

  often-overlooked founding father that everyone and their mother couldn ... chosen to listen to (i.e. not the radio), and like other middle schoolers ... memorized all 46 songs, watched every animatic I could find, and even

  • by Allison E. '27
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some ... student community made up of some of the world’s most intelligent and creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  often just to stay fresh on current admissions policies and procedures, and typically when I sit through one I'll live blog about it. So here ... them and use them for signing in now) with Mac keyboards (thank goodness

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  neural activity changes in different sickness states, and everything I ... dinner at Pika for the first time. It was kind of cold, and I was tired, and I’d had a really long day, but with every step I took, I felt my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  calling all 522 admitted freshmen and saying things like "HI! OMG OMG OMG YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT MIT AND AND AND AND" while you sit there and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  love this school and I want you to come here' when the institution I ... simultaneously trying to be kind to the institution that gives me the privilege of ... with every day that comes and I want it to change. For those of you who

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  Koch Institute's express mission is to bring together scientists and ... Theory. It wasn't a bad class, all told. Circuits are pretty cool, and I ... ) - but there is a big difference between knowing something in theory and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two ... . The answer: a loud and resounding thud. EPIC FAIL!!!! But I'm being harsh. It was certainly entertaining, and the fake-out was funny, but they

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  , and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list ... , as well as Teacher's Day in Mexico and South Korea - at 6PM Eastern ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer ... paper clothing. Travel to Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Spend a day ... 'm leaving the list just so you know what was offered): DA: Discover

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  . There are just two more weeks of school before finals, and all of my ... which nobody was very attentive, I’m sure), and, at the appointed time ... responsible, but it was executed perfectly and was a great way to end the last

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  of a mascot. Brandeis University has two mascots—Ollie the Owl and The ... )[/caption] Lasell University and the University of Massachusetts at Boston won't be ... Elephantidae and Canis lupus for some reason, so I had to wedge Tufts University

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ="Undergraduate Research Opportunity."]"UROP[/annotation]-ing” instead of “studying,” and ... winter break and remembering that nobody understood what i was talking ... “multivariable calculus.”"]“7.012 lecture”[/annotation] instead of “bio class,” and

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  correspond with university students learning English at l'Ecole Polytechnique and l'IUP in Paris. So far, we've done word associations and sentence ... see words and sentences related to work, money, food, culture, and other

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  's currently on CNN.com, with a nice picture of Marilee and her daughter (at ... ) -- Though just teenagers, the applicants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are a scarily accomplished lot. They have started businesses and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in ... lack thereof) and learn more about the sisters in my sorority while smanging it. Hard. Last weekend two sororities, Sigma Kappa and Kappa

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  Engineering, earning his degree in just three and a half years. After MIT, he ... I've been reading many, many applications over the last month, and ... like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is that he's from a ski family; they own a condo in Maine and he's a ... deal of money, and c) we work too hard (Adam's working his UROP and a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  and unfeeling bulky vehicles whose owners are lost in thoughts of their ... large room sprawling with shelves and people and signs hanging from the ... , liquid and eventually unhealthy layers, the pride of a newborn tradition

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  and care are everywhere at the Institute. update March 2025: last ... . A lot of doors. And a lot of them with letters on them, like this one ... Engineering just posted a short video about Glenn and his time and contributions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017